The task force is one of five NCSP groups studying ways to improve cybersecurity and the last to issue its report.
The group's recommendations include: Broadening recognition and adoption of existing standards; improving the Common Criteria process; federal research towards development of better vulnerability analysis tools; and developing guidelines for secure equipment deployment and network architectures.
NCSP is led by TechNet and other industry and business groups; the task forces included academics, vendors and government officials.